Regents' Roundup

Editor's Note: The
following actions were taken by the Regents at their January
meeting.

Bollinger passes muster; gets raise

President Lee
C. Bollinger passed a performance review in a closed session at last
week's Regents' meeting, resulting in a 4.5 percent raise. His new
salary, effective Feb. 1-Aug. 31, 1998, will be $287,375. There will be
another review in August, to bring the timing of any salary adjustments
into the same cycle as the rest of the University's employees.

In
making the motion for approval of the increase, Regent Philip H. Power
noted that an annual performance review was part of the "letter of
engagement" developed between the Regents and the president when he was
hired. "The results were unanimous and outstanding. President
Bollinger's performance in office has met and in all instances exceeded
our expectations."

Resolutions cite Medical School, football
team

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Medical School
and the Regents' recognized that milestone with a resolution that noted
that in establishing the School on Jan. 19, 1848, "our predecessors not
only acknowledged the University's developing strength in the biomedical
sciences, they anticipated the broader community's future needs for
excellence in medical education and research and for outstanding medical
care."

On hand for presentation of the resolution were Rhetaugh Dumas,
vice provost emerita for medical affairs and dean emerita of the School of
Nursing and the Lucille Cole Professor of Nursing; Giles G. Bole, dean
emeritus of the Medical School and professor of internal medicine; and
William Hubbard, former dean of the Medical School.

Football coach
Lloyd Carr and co-captain Jon Jansen joined the Regents for a resolution
honoring the team and Carr. Noting Carr's accumulation of five
coach-of-the-year awards, the resolution stated: "In the best tradition
of Michigan football, he stressed the importance of acting with integrity
and setting and achieving goals on and off the field, while also
continually emphasizing the importance of the team over individual
players. A gifted motivator, he inspired players and fans alike and made
believers out of skeptics across the nation.

"Following the Rose Bowl
game," the resolution continued, "Coach Carr stated, 'I don't think anyone
could ask any more of a team than what they gave.' The Regents express
their wholehearted agreement and salute the entire football team: the
coaches; the captains, Jon Jansen and Eric Mayes; and each and every one
of the players, all of whom have contributed so vitally to the hallowed
tradition of Michigan football. Hail to the
victors!"

Administrative, faculty appointments approved

Administrative appointments approved included:

A. Melissa Harris,
associate professor of architecture, was reappointed interim associate
dean for administration of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning,
effective Jan. 1-July 31.

Vincent E. Price, associate professor of
communication studies, was reappointed chair of the Department of
Communication Studies, for a three-year term beginning July 1.

Colin L.
Day was reappointed director of the U-M Press for a five-year term,
effective Jan. 1. Gerald R. Smith, professor of zoology and of geology and
mineralogy, was named director of the Museum of Zoology for a three-year
term, effective July 1.

Frederick C. Neidhardt, the
Frederick G. Novy Distinguished University Professor of Microbiology and
Immunology, who has been serving as the interim vice president for
research, will be vice president for research for a one-year term,
effective Jan. 1. Faculty appointments included:

David J. Dries, a
faculty member at Loyola University, was named professor of surgery, with
tenure, effective Jan. 16.

$22.7 million in gifts accepted

The Regents accepted $22,752,833 in gifts received during December 1997.
The total included $18,619,372 from individuals, $2,331,714 from
corporations, $1,454,015 from foundations, and $347,732 from associations
and others.

Crane, who
joined the U-M in 1966, has had "an outstanding career as a educator
teaching graduate-level courses in urban design," the Regents noted.
"His innovative teaching methods have involved direct field work in the
underdeveloped areas of Detroit. In recognition of his leadership in the
field of urban planning, he received the Charles A. Blessing Award from
the Detroit Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 1992.
Prior to becoming the chair of the Urban Planning Program in 1968, he had
been president of Crane & Gorwic, a Detroit firm that planned many large
projects in southeastern Michigan and the Midwest."

Dougherty, who
joined the faculty in 1978 as director of the University Library and
professor of library science, has been "a compelling and forceful advocate
of core values in librarianship throughout his extensive professional
career. As president of the American Library Association in 1990-91, he
helped bring information access issues to the attention of the general
public and mounted a literacy and reading campaign for children. As
academic library director at the U-M, he spearheaded initiatives which
resulted in computerized access to the library's catalogs. As an
educator, he engaged his students in critical thinking and dialog
concerning issues of professional management, ethics and values."

Wright, who joined the U-M in 1963, has been "a specialist in romanticism,
with a special emphasis on poetry and the visual arts," the Regents said.
"He published Shelley's Myth of Metaphor in 1970. He has also published
essays on Borges, Hawthorne and Johnson, as well as numerous essays and
analyses of Blake's prints and poetry. His lifelong passion has been the
interrelationship between the poetry and etchings of the late
18th-century, early 19th-century visionary poet, William Blake; for the
past 25 years, his research has focused on Blake's print-making
techniques. Prof. Wright's knowledge of Blake's unique technical methods
for print-making is unsurpassed."

Zinn joined the U-M in 1963 as a
research associate in the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching
(CRLT) and lecturer in psychology. "Dr. Zinn's first assignment in CRLT
was to help faculty with problems related to testing and evaluation and to
investigate the possible role of computers in teaching. He soon became
one of the best informed individuals in America in the area of
computer-assisted instruction. He wrote a proposal to the state of
Michigan for collaborative work among major universities which resulted in
a planning grant for a statewide network. He also wrote the proposal to
the National Science Foundation that led to the Merit computer
network."